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New automatic potato-sorter built with off-the-shelf tech

 “A "learning" computer system that sorts potatoes has been built using off-the-shelf technology by researchers at the University of Lincoln's Robotics Lab. The robot blemish spotter can reliably identify diseases such as silver scurf and common scab, researchers said. The test system uses computer kit not dissimilar from systems many gamers will have in their homes. The UK potato industry is worth about £3.5bn, but much of the sorting of produce is still done by hand. TADD - or the Trainable Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis system - is able to "detect, identify and quantify many of the common blemishes affecting potatoes", Dr Tom Duckett of the University of Lincoln told the BBC.” Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17218662

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